Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-14
TELEGRAPHIC.


DEESKA tCoi- ], April l3.-ia has been
raining hard here yesterday an6 today
Reports Eeceiyed she's Tie fail 70 Be
general throughout the State. Ths rain
Is great b on 10 tie fsFusFa, eso have
been ready for spring closing for s0ue
time bot we're unabIs 70 do % o. 80
count Of the dry e1n8itson Of the
ground. The snail amoant u s10S
which fell IN Coierede ias winter did
Rot moisien the er1ued sBfsiesentIy 20
start the grass sbis soginF, e0sef qzsstIs
stock has besn sufsFinz considerably
daring the past few noBfhs bse<Hse Of
the scarcity 81 Grass ard wstsr. The
present. rain i worth thousaGdsto The
farmers and range men.
RefaiaatIon Threafened.
CHIoA0o, ApFil 15.-Ihs PsB Han2le
road has rDeas The same rates 90 freight
from PittsbarV 20 Ksokak and Barring
ton a. Il makes 70 81. Is1sis. ~ the
quarrel betWeee the Eastern aud West
sFn roads has resulted Ia tie abfDestion
Of pfo-Eafina and I0csi rates arr charged
TO and from GhissRo. This FssHlts Ia
al Of the Western bnsiness froin Pitts
burg beipg diverted from the Cfiesgo
q Lake ShnTs X ,ilroad, Wbish is com
pstitor for PittsbaRg business aud aniF
connects ifh Chicago lines. Tbs Bake
Bhore IL threatening retaliation against
the Pan Handle.
ExeaEsiea Ra e..
CHICAGO, April f3.-The committee
appointed By the Western Passsuge
Association 20 prepare q repori regard
Ing the sxanrsinn rates. sa1 miited Que
soday. Il direct "a 4 special rates shall
be given 20 State faifs aud large eDD
vsntions and gatherings such A she
Knights Templar odd Fellows and the
Grand AFny Of che K p1bito. The AZ
soeiation is NV eoasidering WHISTLER
these exear ions shall be conducted on
the old oaftifsa,e plaa or thrown open
TO the public on the date when the con
vsntion shall BE- held
Committed saieiSe.
9AH FRANoIsoo. April 49, 4 A. Reed,
who arrive from Caina last week on
the steamer City Of PskiDR, vas found
dead Ia bed IN bits room AZ the Osci-
dental this corning. A bullet w0nHd
was foand Ia biz head, aud a. aii his
valuabIss we're fsund intact be evidently
had committed suicide. No eanse Is
known. He wss - years Of sgc.
EieefIea In California
Rsturns rsceived from $50 cot Of the
i75 precincts ia this city give 929l votes
for and Il. 473 against she new charter.
The defeat Of the charter is nov az
sured, The returns up 20 midnight
from outside Of 70 Francisco indicate
that al TIRES Of the constitutional
amendments will be- defeated Tue
vote Ia San Francisco from $50 com
plete precincts out Of l76 shsw the FOL
Loving result: Number one, for 10 s43;
against. 6l43; BumbeF two, for, l4,252;
against, 1854; number three. for, IL "a;
against, r795 ID Ia believed, however,
that the majoFities Ia this city will not
be sufficient to overcome an adverse
vote 10 the COUNTRY.
The latest returns up 10 noon today
from the entire State indicate that the
amendments numbers one snd two Will
probably be defeated, while amendment
number three will be adopted by small
majority. San Francisco osst heavy
mBjoEitiea for ell three, whils the in
terror voted strongly against them,
though less opposition was manifested
toward bumbsr three than against
numbers ore and two. The interior ad.
verse maiorities, Il IL believed, will over
come the city's favorable msioritiss on
numbers ore and two, bat number TIRES
will possibly have small majority In
its favor. The proposed new charter
for San Frsneisco was defeated by a
vote OF S,499 against, aud 97tS for it.
Death from a singIe Blow.
NAPA, (Oal) April BE. Walters
and Il. Wager. last night. one mile from
kspa, bad a prizs light With bare
knuokles, 10 the fret round Walters
was struck enc blew Ia the head. and
be has not yst recovered. It's reported
that thirty persons wsFe present. II was
kept a secret, and the nnexpe slsd injury
to Walters diaelostd the affair. Az =
late hour II waa reported that Walters
had diet. r. WsRner gave himself 40
to the sheriff No other ARE Is we're
made. several witnesses to the affair
are known 30 the officers.
Opinions Marked.
CmoAao. Apfil l3 The members OF
the Central ffhfiic Association. pssssn
ger department, continued in AZ s.Om 10
day revising their rules TO az tbs nsW
law. The opinions on she essential pnint.
were so marked Ia diiieFsBce, however
that bot little progress was made.
Wall street Quotations.
kKw YoRK, sprii l8.--U. \ s.. 100
", ooupen. 1924. ; AIS. coupon. ti0A
Pacific c., lB; Ameri an Express
III; Canadian Pacific. 6S; Can 80
Southern, 6iys Cantral Paaifo, as
Chicago, Darlington 4 Qiiney, a.
Delaware, Lack wanna & Wss'srn $751;
Rio Grande. BIZ; Erie. 3tAt; ksnss,
ard Texas, glAs Northern Pacific
2SA preferred. 6oAs; Northwestern
liDas; New Yark Central il2k; Oregon
Railway and Navigatisn i0ils; Orercf
a FFanscontiaeutal. SfI Oregon In,-
provewent, al Pscihc Mail, 5G
Texas Pacific. 29A; Uutnn Pseific, 81 1.
United States ESpF - 81 II Wells Far
90, l27i st. Paul, 92SSi Rock Island, -
shlpplae EnteiliE eaoe.
Pour fowNsESp, Acril Is Arrived
Ship Geo +. Thompson. from Aus
tr,lie; bark Esttlla. from san Fran
cisco.
PoRr Angeles. April Is The bari
FFiedeburg, outward hnsnd. In tow q
she tue RlAkeley, arrived in thu hathoF
A ship and bark passed Inward. Fresl
west wird.
SAN ERANuisco, April l3.-Sailed-
Dashine Wave, tacoma, ship shirley
Tacoma; bark Esmerald, Port ToVn
ssnd.
RUSsING INro REBr.